Proverbs 28:1
New Living Translation
28 The wicked run away when no one is chasing them,
but the godly are as bold as lions.
Proverbs 28:1
Lexham English Bible
28 The wicked flee, but no one pursues,
but the righteous is bold like a lion.
Proverbs 28:4
New Living Translation
4 To reject the law is to praise the wicked;
to obey the law is to fight them.
Proverbs 28:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,
but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
Proverbs 28:12
New Living Translation
12 When the godly succeed, everyone is glad.
When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding.
Proverbs 28:12
Lexham English Bible
12 When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory,
but with the rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
Proverbs 28:28
New Living Translation
28 When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding.
When the wicked meet disaster, the godly flourish.
Proverbs 28:28
Lexham English Bible
28 With the rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden,
and with their perishing, the righteous will multiply.
Proverbs 29:2
New Living Translation
2 When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice.
But when the wicked are in power, they groan.
Proverbs 29:2
Lexham English Bible
2 When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice,
but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.
Proverbs 29:7
New Living Translation
7 The godly care about the rights of the poor;
the wicked don’t care at all.
Proverbs 29:7
Lexham English Bible
7 The righteous knows the case of the poor,
but the wicked does not understand knowledge.
Proverbs 29:16
New Living Translation
16 When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes,
but the godly will live to see their downfall.
Proverbs 29:16
Lexham English Bible
16 With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase,
but the righteous will look on his downfall.
Proverbs 29:27
New Living Translation
27 The righteous despise the unjust;
the wicked despise the godly.
Proverbs 29:27
Lexham English Bible
27 A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous,
but the upright[a] is an abomination to the wicked.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:27 Literally “upright of way”
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